“The race is not always for the swift, nor the battle for the strong but time and chance happen to them all” is one of my favourite quotes from King Solomon. The first time I became fully aware of what that quote meant was when I received a call from Makomborero, notifying me that I […]
I recall the words of Africa Leadership Academy Co-founder Chris Bradford when he was addressing us during our Pre-University orientation in Rwanda, “to achieve more in life and to be successful in life you must be grateful.” When I was doing my A level studies at Makomborero, I never dreamt that one day I would […]
Makomborero doesn’t only offer full scholarships to students. Our scholarship application process identifies so many gifted students, and so we also provide school fees to a number of external students who complete their A-levels at their existing schools. Here is the story of one of our external students, Leenmary. Since I became part and parcel […]
Nathan has volunteered as Finance Trustee of Makomborero UK for the past 6 years and as a family, we frequently talk about and pray for the work of Makomborero Zimbabwe. Despite living thousands of miles away we have captured the vision of what the charity aims to achieve in support of Zimbabwe’s young people. I […]
Our founder, Mark Albertyn, was recently invited to the US for 10 days to represent Makomborero Zimbabwe with Akwanya who we partner with. Akwanya, which in Twi translates to “a path towards opportunity” is part of The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program. It creates higher education opportunities for academically talented, yet economically disadvantaged African students, and […]
This middle winter term has been long and busy. As a Makomborero family we were very sad to receive the news that one of our students, Mercia, passed away on the 31st May. Mercia joined Makomborero as a pioneer student in January 2011. She was part of a dynamic group of 16 students who were […]
My life as a student in Turkey for the last two years has been a journey with so many thrilling experiences and memories, and as always I have many to thank. I’ve had a great life, have tried and experienced new things and most of all have made friends for life. Though not everything went […]
My name is Sophie McCoy, I’m a qualified maths teacher in the UK and I have known Mark and Laura Albertyn for a few years. This year is my third visit to Harare, Zimbabwe to get involved in the incredible project that is Makomborero. I first visited in 2011 when the project was in its […]
When my passion drove me to apply for medicine for my university, I did not foresee few things: 1) the decline of my social life to become almost an ideal medical student, 2) the love I really had for medical knowledge and doing application. I was one of the three 2012 pioneer group of Makomborero […]
